Boston Public LibraryThe Antonio Cardinal Tosti Collection / Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778). Etchings
Veduta del Ponte d'Elio Adriano, oggi detto di S. Angelo, dalla parte del Castello verso la Strada de' Banchi
Veduta del Ponte dElio Adriano, oggi detto di S. Angelo, dalla parte del Castello verso la Strada de Banchi
Item Information
- Title:
- Veduta del Ponte d'Elio Adriano, oggi detto di S. Angelo, dalla parte del Castello verso la Strada de' Banchi
- Title (translated):
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View of the Bridge of Hadrian, today called Ponte S. Angelo [Bridge of St. Angelo], from the Castel S. Angelo towards the Strada di Banchi
- Title (alt.):
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XII. Veduta del Ponte d'Elio Adriano, oggi detto di S. Angelo, dalla parte del Castello verso la Strada de' Banchi...
- Artist:
- Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778
- Name on Item:
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Piranesi Archit. dis. et incise
- Date:
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1756
(created)
1835–1837 (issued)
- Format:
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Prints
- Genre:
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Etchings
- Location:
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Boston Public Library
Arts Department - Collection (local):
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The Antonio Cardinal Tosti Collection
- Series:
- Piranesi Volume 4: Piranesi Antichita Romane 4 > Le Antichità Romane, Volume 4
- Subjects:
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Bridges
Archaeological sites
Rivers
- Places:
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Italy > Tiber (river)
Italy > Latian (region) > Roma (province) > Rome
Ponte Sant'Angelo
- Extent:
- 1 print : etching ; plate mark 40 x 60 cm, on sheet 61 x 90 cm
- Permalink:
- https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/rb68xz866
- Terms of Use:
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No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
- Language:
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Italian
- Notes:
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Title from item.
Alternative title and translated title from the catalogue raisonné. The English translation is of the alternative title.
Wilton-Ely I: 480
Le Antichità Romane, Volume 4, plate 12.
- Notes (acquisition):
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Gift; Thomas Gold Appleton; 1869
- Notes (date):
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Dates supplied by cataloger from catalogue raisonné. Plates from this series originally created by Giovanni Battista Piranesi in 1756. His son Francesco and his daughter Laura both worked with him and, after his death, maintained the original plates. The twenty-nine volumes in Boston Public Library’s Antonio Cardinal Tosti Collection were assembled and published in Paris from 1835-1837.
- Notes (citation):
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Wilton-Ely, John. "Giovanni Battista Piranesi: The Complete Etchings. Volume I." Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1994, San Francisco.
- Notes (object):
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Signature, lower right. Lettered with volume and plate information, plate upper left: XII Tom IV
- Accession #:
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Tosti D.4 V.04
- Identifier:
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19_04_vol4_012
- Barcode:
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36666001160395
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